RR Podcast chats to Ian 'Hub Nut' Seabrook

[HoTWire]

Busy week this week at RR HQ, but we've managed to squeeze in a podcast record.

Today we're talking to a man who celebrates the average, Mr. Hubnut himself, Ian Seabrook. A long time friend of Retro Rides our conversation meanders through how he got started doing Hubnut, cars that have surprised him in both good and bad ways, the decline of the British car industry, the misunderstood gem that is the Honda Prelude, as well as road trips, those average and not so average cars. Hopefully you'll enjoy the conversation as much as I did.

His channel (if you don't know already) is HubNut on Youtube.

Podbean : retrorides.podbean.com/e/retro-rides-chats-to-ian-hubnut-seabrook/

Also on (when they eventually update)
Spotify : open.spotify.com/show/4zAlqblD29crbzHQH2gmog?si=51zavswwT1OcTGPytBMfdg
Apple : podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/id1507954513
Google : podcasts.google.com/?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkLnBvZGJlYW4uY29tL3JldHJvcmlkZXMvZmVlZC54bWw
Stitcher : www.stitcher.com/podcast/retro-rides-podcast

In video form:

[duncanmartin]

I like the Hubnut channel, so I was looking forward to this.
There seemed to be a bit of "behind the curtain" chat at the start and end, and it took a little while for him to get going, but I enjoyed it nonetheless. It's one of the things I love about the retro scene - there's just such a huge diversity of cars and people to enjoy.

[pseudonymous]

Another Hub Nut viewer here.

Glad to see that, unlike many of the YouTube channels that started the in a similar way and then somehow ended up driving exotica like Lamborghini's and buying 'the cheapest Ferrari in the UK' he's kept it nicely low key and down to earth. He features cars that are accessible and interesting and he isn't up his own **** like the vast majority of people hawking their brand of toot/waffle on YouTube.

[HoTWire]

Aug 6, 2020 10:59:00 GMT duncanmartin said:

There seemed to be a bit of "behind the curtain" chat at the start and end

There was on the first upload, which I updated... hopefully that isn't out there too much, it isn't too bad, just a bit of a weird way to start hahaha

[bmcnut]

Big hubnut fan here, Ive watched his channel for some time now, I like ho he doesnt make anything out to be what it isn't, and appreciates everything for what it is, and he's like 'our' very own James May.

[time]

I enjoy his videos, but sometimes watching him doing the repairs on his fleet feels like 2 steps forward and 3 steps back, if that makes sense

[93fxdl]

Aug 6, 2020 20:38:26 GMT time said:

I enjoy his videos, but sometimes watching him doing the repairs on his fleet feels like 2 steps forward and 3 steps back, if that makes sense

Quite agree, for every job there's a right way, a wrong way and the hubnut way still enjoyable viewing though
Ttfn Glenn

[stealthstylz]

There's definitely as much, if not more enjoyment driving a slow car fast. I find it a lot more involving going fast in my Delica than I do in my S2000 as in the Delica everything on the road is a obstacle to overcome that needs to be planned, whereas in the S2000 you can go round stuff so quickly/easily that nothing gets in the way. You can't just drop down to match a slower cars speed in the Delica then speed up to overtake as there's very rarely enough space to do so, so you have to plan to hold back a bit till you know there's a line of sight coming up then speed up at exactly the right moment to catch them as you get a view and have enough speed to get round.